Taking Ab News Today

>> ladies and gentlemen, the strokes! >> may i have your attention please? >> the dixie chicks. >> billboards top 10 singles, all by black artists. >> i dont please everybody with who i am as a person. >> i love beyonce. >> is not a working telephone is it? >> empty shelves are all you will find at tower records. its now out of business. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> three, two, one! >> this is a very special moment of the first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. please welcome no ...

>> thats money. >> rick rubin created so many classic hip-hop records with the beastie boys, run dmc, taking a b and mixing it with ac/dc. thats rick rubin 101. ♪ ♪ >> with jay-z represented was the fact you can actually have real longevity. for the longest time, he was the center of the world in hip- hop. the south had not really made itself heard, and that starts to change in the 2000, with outkast , and outkast is amazing. ♪